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Month: May 2019

50 Palestinians Injured as Protesters in Gaza Mark Nakba Day
Nearly 50 Palestinians in Gaza were injured by Israeli gunfire while taking part in peaceful protests to commemorate 71 years since the Nakba. The spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, […]

On Nakba Day, Global Coalition Launches Campaign to Deactivate Airbnb (VIDEO)
A global coalition launched today a campaign against the international home-renting company, Airbnb, for reversing its decision to delist properties in illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to a press […]

Nakba Day: Clashes Erupt as Palestinians Mark 71st Anniversary of ‘Catastrophe’ (VIDEO)
Clashes have erupted as Palestinians marked the 71st anniversary of Nakba Day with demonstrations and marches across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, putting Israel on edge amid Eurovision song contest festivities. The […]

Amnesty International Slams Israel’s Refusal to Grant Palestinian Return
Israel’s refusal to grant Palestinian refugees the right to return has fuelled seven decades of suffering, international rights group Amnesty International said in a statement released today. Marking Nakba Day, when Palestinians remember the ethnic cleansing conducted by […]

PA New Government Does Not Represent the Palestinian People
By Ramona Wadi The new Palestinian Authority government has been welcomed by the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, who reiterated the rhetoric reserved for occasions on which the international […]

‘An Event Unfolding’: Al-Nakba, Resistance, and the Land
By Benay Blend May 15 marks the 71st anniversary of the Nakba, a commemoration of the catastrophe in which Zionist forces banished 750,000-900,000 Palestinians, destroyed 531 villages, and appropriated the holdings of those who fled. […]

Dawabsheh Family Denounces Israeli Plea Deal in 2015 Arson Attack
A Palestinian family has denounced a plea deal to clear a Jewish settler from murder charges in a 2015 arson attack in which a Palestinian baby and his parents were burned alive in the occupied West […]

Palestinians Face Extensive Restrictions to Visit Al-Aqsa for Ramadan
Palestinians are facing extensive and confusing restrictions to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the holy month of Ramadan, according to a report issued by Al-Monitor. According to the report: “Men who are under 16 […]

Israel Expels 15 Palestinian Families from Jordan Valley
Israeli occupation forces on Sunday evicted 15 Palestinian families from their homes in Khirbet Hamsa Al-Fawqa in the northern Jordan Valley, east of the occupied West Bank. The forces claimed that the area would be […]

Palestinians Perform Anti-Eurovision Concert in Gaza
Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip today performed a concert to call for the boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is being held in Israel on Saturday. The Jusoor International Communications Group held a […]

Israel Gives Green Light to 940 Housing Unit in East Jerusalem Settlements
Israel’s Local Planning and Building Committee of the Jerusalem Municipality has approved two new construction plans in the occupied city which include 940 housing units, media sources revealed today. "Israel" approves new settlements in occupied […]

US Rejects Top Palestinian Official Ashrawi’s Visa Request for First Time
A top Palestinian official said on Monday she had been denied a US travel visa for the first time and viewed it as retaliation for her criticism of the Trump administration and Israel, reports Reuters. US diplomats did […]

Israel’s Common Denominator: Why Israel Will Continue to Bomb Gaza
By Ramzy Baroud On May 4, Israel launched a series of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, prompting a response from various resistance groups. At least 25 Palestinians were killed and nearly 200 people wounded […]

Fox News Contributor Calls for Palestine to Be ‘Flattened’
An American author and Fox News contributor called for Palestine to be “flattened” on Twitter after Israeli warplanes carried out over 300 airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, claiming the lives of 27 Palestinians, including an […]

Netanyahu Receives Two-Week Extension to Form Government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received extra time on Monday to form a new government, Israel’s president announced, granting the right-wing leader a two-week extension until May 29, reports Reuters. In office for a decade, Netanyahu won a record fifth […]

Netanyahu Announces Location for Golan Heights Settlement to Name after Trump (VIDEO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed yesterday that a site has been allocated to establish Trump Settlement in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, local media reported. On Twitter, Netanyahu wrote that the site where the […]

NGO Exposes Eurovision Tourists to Israeli Occupation
Israeli NGO “Breaking the Silence” has called on Eurovision goers to experience “the full picture” of Israel’s occupation by taking a tour to the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil). The group yesterday erected a […]

Israeli Naval Forces Arrest 3 Fishermen off Gaza Coast
Israeli naval forces on Saturday detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza City and arrested […]

Israeli Forces Detain 10 Palestinians, Including Child
Israeli forces detained at least ten Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, on predawn Sunday. According to Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained several Palestinians, including a child, in the southern West Bank district […]

Thousands of People March for Palestine in London (VIDEO)
Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday to mark the seventy-first anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), which coincides this year with plans for a new deal that will liquidate the Palestinian issue. […]

Palestinian FM: US Seeking Contact with PA
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki yesterday revealed that US officials have sent messages that they want to resume contacts with the Palestinian Authority (PA). However, Al-Maliki said that there has been no contact with the […]

Hamas Chief, UN Envoy Discuss Israeli Siege on Gaza
UN Envoy for the Middle East Process Nikolay Mladenov yesterday discussed with Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh the Israeli siege imposed on Gaza and the situation of prisoners inside Israeli prisons. In a statement, Hamas said […]

Announcing ‘Gazavision’, Gaza Artists Call for Boycott of Eurovision 2019
Palestinian artists and cultural centers called for a boycott of Eurovision 2019, to be held in Tel Aviv on May 18. Several Gaza Strip artists and cultural centers signed this call to urge Eurovision participants […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Youth, Injure Others in Gaza Protests
At least one Palestinian was killed and 32 others, including four children, were injured by Israeli forces while demonstrating along the fence separating besieged Gaza Strip from Israel, according to medical sources. Israeli troops fired […]

Israel Sets up Fake Eurovision Boycott Page to Counter BDS Campaign
Sporting the URL boycotteurovision.net, Israel’s PR website masquerades as part of a campaign to boycott the Eurovision song contest in Tel Aviv but actually features pro-Israel narrative. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement aims […]

America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump – Book Review
By Jim Miles (America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy Making From Bush to Obama to Trump. Sharifullah Dorani. I. B. Taurus – Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc. London/NewYork, 2019.) Sharifulla Dorani’s work, America in Afghanistan, provides an interesting […]

Israel to Reopen Gaza Fishing Zone after Week-Long Closure
Israeli authorities reportedly reopened a limited fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip today, according to reports. The Israeli government and fishermen both stated that a 12 nautical mile fishing zone was opened this morning, though […]

Israel Seals off Major Road Connecting Ramallah-Area Villages
Israeli forces sealed off a major and vital road connecting the northwest villages of the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and the town of Birzeit, on Thursday, in addition to imposing a general […]

Over 180,000 Worshippers Pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque on First Friday of Ramadan (VIDEOS)
Thousands of Muslim worshippers took to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, to perform prayers for the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Head of the public relations office […]

Gaza Artists Recreate Palestinian Memories on the Beach (PHOTOS)
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza Every day at the Gaza Corniche, many refugees come from all over the besieged Gaza Strip to sit on chairs that carry the names of towns and villages from which […]